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A Kind of Shelter — Whakaruru-taha: An anthology of new writing for a changed world by Witi Ihimaera (Editor); Michelle Elvy (Editor)
$43.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: 1st
Sixty-eight writers and eight artists gather at a hui in a magnificent cave-like dwelling or meeting house. In the middle is a table, the tepu korero, from which the rangatira speak; they converse with honoured guests, and their rangatira-korero embody the tahuhu, the over-arching horizontal ridge pole ...Show more
Ask the Posts of the House by Witi Ihimaera
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Ask the Posts of the House is a collection of short stories, including five novella length stories, from the award-winning author of the Whale Rider.
Ask the Posts of the House by Witi Ihimaera
$39.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Fiction | Series: Raupo Ser.
<i>Ask the Posts of the House</i> is a brand new collection of short stories, including five novella-length stories.
Beautiful New Zealand by Witi Ihimaera
$17.95 NZD
Category: NZ Pictorial
A living land of wonder, a shimmering, restless sea, a sky of endless promise.Beautiful New Zealand contains text by Witi Ihimaera and photographs by Holger Leue. All of New Zealand's most famous landmarks are represented int his book; the Auckland Harbour Bridge, the Sky Tower, Cathedral Square, as wel ...Show more
Black Marks on the White Page by Witi Ihimaera, Tina Makereti
$40.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: Very Good
A stunning collection of Oceanic stories for the 21st century. Stones move, whale bones rise out of the ground like cities, a man figures out how to raise seven daughters alone. Sometimes gods speak or we find ourselves in a not-too-distant future. Here are the glorious, painful, sharp and funny 21st ce ...Show more
Bulibasha by Witi Ihimaera
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
Bulibasha is the title given to the King of the Gypsies, and on the East Coast of New Zealand two patriarchs fight to be proclaimed the king. Tamihana is the leader of the great Mahana family of shearers and sportsmen and women. Rupeni Poata is his arch enemy. The two families clash constantly, in sport ...Show more
Haare Williams - Words of a Kaumatua by Haare Wiliams; Witi Ihimaera (ed.)
$54.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Reading Level: near fine
A kaumatua - an elder of the Maori people - reflects in poetry and prose on his journey from te ao Maori on the East Coast to contemporary Auckland, New Zealand.Ko te kopara anake e tarere ki te tihi o te makauri. Oti rawa! Kia oti rawa, e!Haare Williams grew up with his Tuhoe grandparents on the shores ...Show more
Ihimaera: His Best Stories by Witi Ihimaera
$29.95 NZD
Category: New Zealand Fiction | Reading Level: Good
A selection by Witi Ihimaera of his best short stories from throughout his career, beginning with A Game of Cards from his now-classic Pounamu Pounamu (1972) and finishing with Going to the Heights of Abraham, a story by a mature Witi about his relationship with his father. Included are 11 stories previ ...Show more
Little Kowhai Tree - out of print by Witi Ihimaera
$17.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
A humorous tale with a surprising ending, Witi Ihimaera's inaugural children's book is set in a Grimm-fairytale forest in New Zealand.
Maori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood by Witi Ihimaera
$40.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
This is the first volume of Witi Ihimaera's enthralling memoir, packed with stories of the formative years of this much-loved writer. Witi Ihimaera is a consummate storyteller - one critic calling him one of our 'finest and most memorable'. Some of his best stories, however, are about his own life. This ...Show more
Native Son: The Writer's Memoir by Witi Ihimaera
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
This is the second memoir of a remarkable Maori writer and of the living myths that inspired him at the beginning of his career. Look at him, the young man on the cover. The year is 1972, he is 28, his first book is about to be published, and he has every reason to kick up his heels. But behind that joy ...Show more
Navigating the Stars: Maori Creation Myths by Witi Ihimaera
$45.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good
From master storyteller Witi Ihimaera, a spellbinding and provocative retelling of traditional Maori myths for the twenty-first century. In this milestone volume, Ihimaera traces the history of the Maori people through their creation myths. He follows Tawhaki up the vines into the firmament, Hine-titama ...Show more